École Estienne

My mother enrolled me at a school on rue Madame, where they offered courses in drawing and bookbinding along with the academic program. It was a school that prepared students for the entrance exams to the École Boulle, for cabinet making, and to the École Estienne for book publishing. In 1938, having been accepted at Estienne, I chose to study lithography. We had to reproduce in minute detail the 3- and 4-colour lithographic prints we were assigned. One day, the teacher allowed me to choose my own subject and I picked the magnificent studies of Lion by Mathurin Méheut. I thoroughly enjoyed copying his print and reproducing it in two colours on the press.